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Mexico City: 1960s &1970s Mexican Architecture Walking Tour

By Walk Mexico
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Overview
  • Appreciate the differences in the Mexican architecture from the 20th century
  • Stroll around the Chapultepec Park visiting different architectural buildings
  • Learn about Mexico in the 20th century through this walking tour

Activity location

    • Mexico City
    • Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Bahía, Av. Grutas S/N, Miguel Hidalgo, 11580 Ciudad de México, CDMX, México | Chapultepec Porrua Bookstore You'll meet your guide at the Porrua Bookstore in Chapultepec Park, near the ticket booth. - Your guide will await inside the bookstore with our project logo: "WALK MEXICO." *The city has many Porrua bookstores, so be sure to go to the one at Chapultepec Park.
    • Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico

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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedA walking tour with an expert guide with a graduate academic degree (Art Historian or Historian or Architect).
  • What's includedWhat's included For larger groups headsets will be provided to hear the tour guide clearly.
  • What's includedWhat's included Museum tickets: Anthropology + Modern Art
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedHotel pickup and drop-off
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded Food and drinks
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded Tamayo museum tickets
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded Extra hours

Know before you book

  • Not allowed: Luggage or large bags
  • Not suitable for: People with mobility impairments

What you can expect

Begin at the Anthropology Museum drinking a coffee and listening to an introduction about the Mesoamerican architecture, so later on you can how this is reflected this in the architectural project.

Then visit the impressive architecture of the National Anthropology Museum made by one of the best known architects from the 1960s in Mexico. Learn how this project reflects the Pre-hispanic Cosmogony and how different artist collaborate with the architect to depict relevant elements from the original native Mexican cultures.

Continue exploring the Mexican architecture at the Tamayo Contemporary Art Museum, which honours the great Tamayo artist. Appreciate the architecture of two relevant architects who created it in late 1970s.

Walking distance from the last stop you will immerse in a perfect example of 1960s architecture, which recalls the spacial era aesthetic.

Finish this walking tour at a 1960s hotel that was built by a student of the well known Luis Barragan architect, who followed his steps expressing abstract, almost sculptural colours and shapes, using light and the references to the vernacular architecture.

Location

Activity location

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    • Mexico City
    • Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Bahía, Av. Grutas S/N, Miguel Hidalgo, 11580 Ciudad de México, CDMX, México | Chapultepec Porrua Bookstore You'll meet your guide at the Porrua Bookstore in Chapultepec Park, near the ticket booth. - Your guide will await inside the bookstore with our project logo: "WALK MEXICO." *The city has many Porrua bookstores, so be sure to go to the one at Chapultepec Park.
    • Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico